TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 24TH

1880 - Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for

men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England.
1894 - French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18.
1894 - Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers.

1917 - Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway.

1945 - Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner.

1965 - NY Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager.
1966 - Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee).

1974 - NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers.
1978 - Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game.

1981 - Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey.

1984 - Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.

1996 - Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11.
2006 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927) dies.